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Pages in category "Swimming films" The following 43 pages are in this category, out of 43 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9. 58 Seconds; A.
Swimming Upstream: 2003 Drama Fact-based story of Tony Fingleton, an Australian who skipped the 1964 Summer Olympics to attend Harvard. Screenplay by Fingleton. On a Clear Day: 2005 Drama A shipyard worker attempts to swim the English Channel. The Big Bad Swim: 2006 Comedy Connecticut grown-ups go to a beginner's swim class. Einfache Leute ...
Pages in category "Films about Olympic swimming and diving" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
In August 1926, a 19-year-old New Yorker named Trudy Ederle became the first woman to swim the English Channel. Only five men had finished the 21-mile trek from Cape Gris-Nez in France to ...
WOWSA judged Nyad's swim by documentation standards established by the English Channel Association, which as founded in 1927. [62] According to NyadFactCheck.com, Nyad made three failed attempts to swim the English Channel, a struggle that was depicted in the 1978 documentary celebrating her ambition in the face of failure, "Courage to Succeed ...
Young Woman and the Sea is a 2024 American biographical sports film directed by Joachim Rønning and written by Jeff Nathanson, based on the 2009 book by Glenn Stout.Produced by Walt Disney Pictures and Jerry Bruckheimer Films, the film stars Daisy Ridley as Gertrude Ederle, an American competitive swimmer who became the first woman to swim across the English Channel.
The Swimmers is a 2022 biographical sports drama film directed by Sally El Hosaini based on a screenplay co-written by Sally El Hosaini and Jack Thorne.The film stars real-life sisters Nathalie Issa and Manal Issa, [2] Ahmed Malek, Matthias Schweighöfer, Ali Suliman, Kinda Alloush, James Krishna Floyd, and Elmi Rashid Elmi.
Pride is a 2007 American biographical film released by Lionsgate Entertainment on March 23, 2007. Loosely based upon the true story of Philadelphia swim coach James "Jim" Ellis, [2] Pride stars Terrence Howard, Bernie Mac, and Kimberly Elise.